FLORHAM PARK SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB
NEWSLETTER
SEPTEMBER- OCTOBER 2012
LABOR DAY
SEPTEMBER 3
FIRST DAY OF
AUTUMN
SEPTEMBER 22
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS ENDS
SET CLOCKS BACK ONE HOUR
FLORHAM PARK SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB
Senior Citizens Center
111 Ridgedale Ave.
Florham Park, NJ 07932
Phone Numbers
Senior Center Main No. 973-520-8984
Senior Center Office
973-520-8983
Elective Officers
President: Dennis Callahan
973-360-1875 Treasurer: Rose Dalton
Vice President: Charlene Sozansky 973-822-3145 Secretary: Angela Landon
973-845-9093
973-765-0022
The Presidents Message
Dear Friends,
I hope you're having an enjoyable, healthy summer. After a mild winter promising lower heating bills, we're in
the midst of a very warm summer, which will have us give the savings on heating back to pay for higher air
conditioning bills. Such is life!
From the Club's perspective it's been an enjoyable summer. For the second consecutive summer I've hosted
social meetings, which those who attended found quite enjoyable. Our June meeting featured Boiling Springs
Bank filling us in on their affiliates program, and providing a nice lunch of sandwiches and cookies. In July we
learned about Juniper Village, brunching on bagels & fruit, and Edward Jones provided an update on the
investment climate with a nice lunch of sandwiches, salads, cookies, & beverages. The highlight of the
summer will no doubt be the Second Annual Police Department Seniors Barbecue in August, and our last
summer meeting will be hosted by Wynwood with refreshments and a singer to provide entertainment. I have
enjoyed putting this program together for those who stayed in the area, and would be happy to continue
facilitating this when I step down next year after 4 years as your president if that's approved by my successor
and the Board.
Those 4 years have flown by all too fast. You can't please all the people all the time and I know that I haven't,
but I've done my best and I genuinely appreciate your kind positive feedback and well-intended criticism
which was truly constructive and supportive of me and the Club. And while I won't be your President much
longer, the best is yet to come, that being Our Club's 50th Anniversary. I feel truly blessed to be in my job at
this time, and am really excited by the event. We'll have a lovely luncheon at the Park Avenue Club,
entertainment by Pete Limone, a very nice keepsake for all attendees, comments from some past presidents,
sharing of letters and proclamations from government leaders, and the installation at the Senior Center of a
bronze plaque commemorating the occasion. In late July we already have over 150 reservations. If you
haven't yet booked a reservation, please send me your $10 per attending member right away. I would hate to
see anyone shut out of this special event.
Enjoy what's left of the summer, join us at the Senior Center when you can, and get ready for a memorable
Anniversary Bash on September 12th. God Bless you all!
Dennis Callahan
Standing Committees
Activities
Programs
Hospitality
Attendance
Good & Welfare
Joan Metro
Olga Petrilak
VACANT – Urgently need to Fill
Rosalie Coll
Rosalie Coll
Membership
Publicity
Newsletter
MCCoOPO
Marie Anzalone
Winifred Schurek
Philip Beischer
Marge Obremski
Membership Committee
Name
Adkins, A. Carroll
Anello, Maureen
Bauer, Ronald
Bauer, Evanne
Bond, Marlyn
Campanile, Kae
Di Menna, Nancette
Glass, Sally
Grasso, Theresa
Hopping, Gloria Jene
Krauter, Andrea
Nemitz, Billie
Rontondi, Mary
Russo, Marydiane
Thomas, Arthur
Wayne, Ruth
Yorland, Marie
Welcome New Members
Birthday
Address
2/24
3 Woodcrest Rd., Florham Pk., NJ
2/24
77 Roosevelt Blvd., Florham Pk., NJ
12/30
7 Vultee Dr., Florham Pk., NJ
10/26
7 Vultee Dr., Florham Pk., NJ
8/22
8 James St., Apt. 205, Florham Pk., NJ
8/9
8 James St., Florham Pk., NJ
10/3
8 James St., Apt. 216, Florham Pk., NJ
4/15
8 James St., Apt. 214, Florham Pk., NJ
5/23
8 James St., Apt. 226, Florham Pk., NJ
9/17
4 Crescent Rd., Florham Pk., NJ
2 Woodbine Rd., Florham Pk., NJ
9/30
63 Brandwyne Dr., Florham Pk., NJ
9/28
8 James St., Apt. 110, Florham Pk., NJ
12/08
5 Brooklake Rd., Florham Pk., NJ
12/11
58 Brooklake Rd., Florham Pk., NJ
7/11
8 James St., Apt. 221A, Florham Pk., NJ
6/1
58 Brooklake Rd., Unit 104, Fl. Pk., NJ
Reinstate
12/17
1/4
Love, Robert
Savitz, Gloria
80 Riverside Dr., Florham Pk., NJ
40 Cathedral Ave., Florham Pk., NJ
Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration Details
The Park Avenue Club provides valet parking for all guests. When you leave your car you'll walk
down the hall to an elevator and go down 1 level. You also have an option to drop off passengers at the door
to our ballroom (actually a large white tent accommodating 250 guests) before you drive up the ramp to the
main entrance to valet park your vehicle.
You will be served a duet entree, actually 2 entrees, one chicken in port wine sauce, and the other herb
stuffed sole. If you don't want one of the entrees, tell your server that you don't care for one of the entrees,
and you'd like a double portion of the other. Soft Drinks are included with your meals. For anything alcoholic
you will have to buy a ticket at the table near the bar.
Please Note: Dennis must have your checks by Mon. Aug. 27.
Have a great time!
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Photo Op
At our Fiftieth Anniversary we will have a professional photographer taking photos. There is no charge
to the Club or to you, unless you want copies of the photos. There are a few packages giving a larger photo or
a few smaller ones. The charge will be $30 if you order your photos at our Banquet, and $33 if you order them
afterwards. This is an opportunity to put your "Glad Rags" on and get some nice photos for yourself or loved
ones at a far better price than at a studio.
Hospitality Committee
Help Wanted!
Please consider getting together with a couple of friends, and taking on the role of the Hospitality
Committee. It would be a shame to begin our second fifty years by ending the coffee and tea service enjoyed
by all meeting attendees. But that's where we'll be at our September 26 meeting unless one or more of you
steps up to address this need.
Telephone Squad
In case of the death of a club member or someone in the member’s immediate family, please call
Charlene Sozansky at 973-822-3145.
Senior Exercise Class
Exercise classes will resume in the fall but Stephanie is unable to set a specific date at this time due to
family and business commitments. I should have that information by September.
Charlene Sozansky
BINGO
Senior Center Tuesday Bingo is back at 1:00 p.m. on 9/11, 9/25, 10/23, 11/13 and 12/11.
In Memoriam
Let us take a few moments of reflection for the following members who have departed:
Sam Inamorata
Robert Gregorio
Margaret Sieb (Sister of Richard Metro)
Earle Wallo
MCCoOPO
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At a recent meeting, Roma Oster, an Attorney, gave information regarding three very important
documents everyone needs. First, a will which names the person to handle your affairs after death, next - a
living will also known as a Health Care Directive and third, a Durable Power of Attorney. If you own out of
state property, particularly in NY or Florida, she recommended that it be put in a "trust" as those states have
very high probate laws.
Other Announcements
Seniors Helping Seniors
We will continue to put our “can” out at meetings and keep replenishing our fund for Seniors who may
need a little help for food. We are doing fine--let’s continue with this project.
Programs at the Florham Park Library
The Florham Park Library will be showing movies on the last Tuesday of each month. The movies will
begin at 6:30 p.m. and end about 8:45 p.m.
The Second Sunday program will continue with presentations starting at 2:00 p.m., on the second
Sunday of each month. Programs for the next two months are:
Sept. 9, 2012 – Travel with well-known photographer and speaker Walter Choroszewski along
“Timeline New Jersey” from the primeval dawn of the Highlands into the Ice Age.
Learn about our Colonial and Revolutionary heritage. Celebrate the events and
“Firsts” that make New Jersey special.
Sept. 23, 2012 (Extra Sunday) – Presentation by a Newark Star Ledger Columnist
October 14, 2012 – Explore “Family Issues” with actress Michelle La Rue as she performs dramatic
readings of two short stories. One is a bit spooky, one is rather amusing.
October 21, 2012 – History of the Florham Park Fire Department. Note special time 1:30 p.m.
Please call the library at 973-377-2694 for more details.
Senior Rides
Senior Rides, the free transportation service for senior citizens in the local area, is offering a variety of
additional services in celebration of its fourth anniversary.
They also now assist seniors with meal deliveries, blood pressure checks by certified EMTs and
paramedics, and have volunteer crews to clean roof gutters, plow driveways, and shovel sidewalks.
For information call 973-747-4356 or email seniorrides@yahoo.com.
Florham Park Recreation Department
Bus trip to the Radio City Christmas Spectacular
Date:
Price:
Includes
Time:
Saturday, November 17, 2012
$92.00 per person
Orchestra seat, chaperon, round-trip coach bus transportation
Bus leaves Community Center parking lot at 10:00 a.m. and returns after the conclusion
of the 1:00 p.m. show (approximately 4:00 p.m.)
Pick up registration forms at the Recreation Department in Borough Hall or the Senior Center. Call
973- 410-5390 for more details.
Double Your Money!!
Hard to believe in this interest rate climate, but it's true. You can open a Boiling Springs Bank account
for your grandchildren and great grandchildren up to age 18 with a $10 deposit, and the bank will add another
$10 to the account. Great Deal!! When you do this, please ask them to make this account affiliated with the
Florham Park Senior Citizens Club. Just a few more accounts and we will have enough affiliates for the bank
to pay the club a small percentage of the total affiliated assets each quarter, with no negative impact on your
account's earned interest. Please help make that happen!
Want to Get Into Shape??
Joint Care (30 Vreeland Rd; Florham Park) offers physical therapy (PT), and a gym available to the
public. They offer a full array of cardio and weight equipment, and a knowledgeable staff of physical
therapists. As I announced last Spring, Joint Care had offered Florham Park Senior Citizens Club and AARP
Chapter 5109 members a discount, reducing their orientation fee from $75 to $50, and their monthly exercise
fee from $40 to $30, and introducing a $50 couples rate. The club offered these special rates hoping to attract
new customers from our organizations, but to date, with the exception of yours truly, they have had no new
members from our organizations, they had complaints from clients who didn't belong to our organizations, and
they lost money by reducing rates to existing customers. Accordingly they will revert to the previous pricing
at the end of August..
The owners of Joint Care will seek ways to add value to our members that make better business sense.
My personal experience is that Joint Care is my first PT experience in 5 attempts that produced a beneficial
exercise program without throwing my back into muscle spasm. If you ever need physical therapy, or are
shopping for a gym, you might benefit by choosing Joint Care.
If you need physical therapy, they can design a customized exercise program after PT using the same
machines you used during PT. Similarly a gym member, who subsequently needs PT, will be able to use in PT
the same equipment they were familiar with from their exercise program. Both scenarios give you a head start.
For further questions call Joint Care at 973-660-1000.
Dennis Callahan
Health Watch
Heart Attack Signs, and How to Survive If You Are Struck When Alone
A heart attack results from a sudden blockage of a coronary artery. Typical symptoms are a severe pain
in the chest that radiates out into your arm and up your jaw. If alone and your heart is beating improperly and
you begin to feel faint you may have only 10 seconds before losing consciousness. Do not panic but start
coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough. The cough must
be deep and prolonged as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest. A breath and a cough must be
repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives or until the heart is felt to be beating
normally again.
Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood
circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm.
Source: Article published in No. 240 of Journal Hospital Rochester
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Trivia
Americans devour 47 billion hamburgers a year.
Identical twins are not 100% identical. They have different fingerprints.
If you’ve ever had brain freeze, medically speaking you suffered from
sphenopalatineganglionneuralgia.
Orangutans have been known to make umbrellas out of branches.
It’ll take you 40 minutes to boil an ostrich egg and will cost you 2,000 calories if you eat it.
New York City has 572 miles of shoreline.
In addition to orange, carrots can be purple, red, white or yellow.
Two-thirds of the world’s eggplant is grown in the Garden State of New Jersey.
SENIOR CALENDAR
Wed., Sept. 5
Executive Board Meeting
Time - 10:00 a.m. at the Senior Center
Fri., Sept. 7
Movie Matinee. Some Like it Hot (Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon) 7
Academy Award Nominations.
Tue., Sept. 11
BINGO
Wed., Sept. 12
SPECIAL EVENT - Senior Citizens Club’s fiftieth anniversary celebration at The Park
Ave. Club. Entertainment by Pete Limone. Time – 11:30 a.m.
Fri., Sept. 14
Movie Matinee. Patton (George C. Scott, Karl Malden) Winner of 7 Academy Awards.
Fri., Sept. 21
Movie Matinee. A Fish Called Wanda (John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Kevin
Kline) Academy Award Winner.
Tue., Sept. 25
Villa Roma – Catskills Resort, Lunch, Musical show and Bingo.
Bus leaves Community Center parking lot at 9:00 a.m., returns approximately 7:00 p.m.
Activity Leader – Claire Adamo
973-701-0106
Tue., Sept. 25
BINGO
Wed., Sept. 26
Regular meeting
Time – 11:00 a.m. at the Senior Center
Program – Husband and Wife musical duo present “Broadway Magic.” Features
Joel Zelnik on Piano and Francine Evans, versatile song stylist.
Fri., Sept. 28
Movie Matinee. No Way Out (Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman)
Wed., Oct. 3
Executive Board Meeting
Fri., Oct. 5
Movie Matinee. 9 to 5 (Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton)
Wed., Oct. 10
Regular Meeting
Time - 11:00 a.m. at the Senior Center
Program – “Stroke Awareness” – Speaker is stroke survivor William Daily.
Fri., Oct 12
Movie Matinee. National Treasure Book of Secrets (Nicholas Cage)
Fri., Oct. 19
Movie Matinee. Air Force One (Harrison Ford)
Tue., Oct.23
BINGO
Wed., Oct. 24
Regular Meeting
Time - 11:00 a.m. at the Senior Center
Program - Bill Levy Presents “One Song: Different Versions.” (Focuses on different
interpretations of the same song – great classical clips of songs of the 1940s and 1950s.)
Fri., Oct. 26
Movie Matinee. All About Eve (Bette Davis, Ann Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste
Holme) Best of 1950
Time – 1:00 p.m .at the Senior Center
Time – 1:00 p.m at the Senior Center
Time - 10:00 a.m. at the Senior Center
Time – 1:00 p.m. at the Senior Center
Activities
Activities
And Reservation Slips
And Reservation Slips
Chairperson: Joan Metro
Chairpersons:
Note: All payments should be made by check payable to: Florham Park
Seniors.
Unless indicated otherwise, refunds will be given only to those who cancel 24 hours
prior to the activity date.
Guests needing assistance with walking, dining or other personal needs must be
accompanied by an able companion who will assist them.
Key to amount of walking: w = walking, sw = some walking, nw = no walking
Trip News
----------------------------------------Fall Foliage Trip to Villa Roma (sw)
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Cost: Member $30.00
Nonmember: $40.00
Activity: Welcome coffee upon arrival Lunch Show and Bingo
Entrée Choices: Tilapia, Loin of Pork, or Turkey – please enter below.
Bus leaves Community Center parking lot.at 9:00 a.m. returns approximately 7:00 p.m.
Return this reservation slip with your name and full payment by Friday September 7, 2012 to:
Claire Adamo, 1711 Sterling Drive, Florham Park, NJ 07932
973-701-0106
Name (s) ______________________Entree Choice_______________________Phone___________________
Name (s) ______________________Entree Choice_______________________Phone___________________
Comics Page
Puzzle Page
Can You Guess the Candy?
1. Planet _____________________________________________
2. Best Day of the Week ________________________________
3. Laughs ____________________________________________
4. Small Hills _________________________________________
5. Nut Happiness _____________________________________
6. Sneers ____________________________________________
7. Heavenly Body _____________________________________
8. Famous Explorer ___________________________________
9. Five Greasy Ones ___________________________________
10. Infant Girl ________________________________________
11. Two Female Pronouns ______________________________
12. Happy Cowboys ___________________________________
13. Nice Bank Account _________________________________
14. Young Feline ______________________________________
15. Fireplace Noise ____________________________________
16. Flotation Device ___________________________________
17. Famous Street _____________________________________
18. Sun Explosion _____________________________________
19. Girl's Shoes _______________________________________
20. Brain Food ________________________________________
21. Dodos _____________________________________________
22. Dairy Rejects ______________________________________
23. Dustin Hoffman Biscuit _____________________________
24. Trio of Swordsman _________________________________
25. Bracelet Jewels ____________________________________
26. Tall, Winter, Mountain Tops _________________________
27. Chin Crushers _____________________________________
28. Anti Tank Guns ____________________________________
29. Sweet Father ______________________________________
30. Classical Music ____________________________________
1. Mars 2. Pay Day 3. Chuckles 4. Mounds 5. Almond Joy 6. Snickers 7. Milky Way 8. Clark
Bar 9. Butter Fingers 10. Baby Ruth 11. Hershey 12. Jolly Ranchers 13. 100 Grands 14. KitKat
15. Crackles 16. Life Savers 17. Fifth Ave 18. Star Burst 19. Mary Janes 20. Smarties 21. Dum
Dums 22. Milk Duds 23. Tootsie Rolls 24. Three Musketeers 25. Charms 26. Snow Caps 27. Jaw
Breakers 28. War Heads 29. Sugar Daddy 30. Symphony
Florham Park Senior Citizens
Borough of Florham Park
111 Ridgedale Ave.
Florham Park, NJ 07932
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